“I had a compulsion to do it.”
Ed Gein
“It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.”
Anthony Storr
“Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature . . . what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action . . . if you know these things about a man you can touch him at the core of his being.”
William Bernbach
“Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.”
Walter Gropius
“Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.”
David Bohm
“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.”
William S. Burroughs
“I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.”
Kelly Clarkson